Tag: Dereel
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Vegetable Garden Progress
On Saturday 16th September the Dereel Community Garden Group began establishing the vegetable garden at the Atrium end of the Hall. Fifteen wicking beds will be constructed and are at an accessible height for easy maintenance. Talk to the Dereel Community Garden Group about plans for the vegetable garden and the ornamental garden at Dereel…
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Community Day Is Here!
Don’t forget the Dereel Spring Community Day – Saturday 23rd September between 12 noon and 2 pm.
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DCHI Annual General Meeting Tomorrow
Please support Dereel Community Hub Inc. and the community projects we undertake by attending our Annual General Meeting tomorrow night, When: Monday 18th September at 7:30pm Where: Dereel Community Centre kitchen, 14 Swamp Road Dereel. Who: Everyone is welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member of the Dereel Community Hub Inc.…
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U3A and Muffins on Tuesday
The Walking Group has enjoyed seeing some more new and familiar faces joining them for a cuppa and a walk. People of all ages and abilities are welcome on a Tuesday morning. We meet at 8:30am at the Dereel Hall. Next Tuesday (August 22nd) we will be cooking some muffins for morning tea, and Jack…
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Dereel Community Day
In lieu of Spring Festival, the Dereel Community Hub Inc. General Meeting voted to hold four seasonal Community Day events each year. The Community Days will run over a few hours, including a lunch. Each seasonal event will focus on a different aspect of life in Dereel, with an opportunity for all local groups to…
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Gallery: Carol’s Bird of the Month
Carol has been generous in allowing Dereel Spokes to publish her bird photographs each month in 2017. A couple of photographs have made it into the print edition, but not online. So, here are all of the 2017 ‘Bird of the Month’ photographs in one gallery. Click on the first photograph to enlarge it, then…
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Dereel History Display
Presented by Julie Donaghy Come to the Dereel History Display to view photos, maps and artefacts, and read information on the history of Dereel I have collected over the last 20 years. These items have come from the people of Dereel, historical organisations, via the internet and from many other sources. There will be static…
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Facilitated Community Planning Meeting
Golden Plains Shire has now transferred $7500.00 to the Dereel community, for projects considered important by the Dereel community. The SEED funding is allocated to the entire community, not to a specific group within Dereel. All members of the Dereel community are invited to attend a Community Planning meeting facilitated by Nicole Langtip on Tuesday 1st…
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Community Garden Group and Hub Cafe
The Hub Cafe will run again tomorrow from 2pm to 4pm in the Dereel Community Centre kitchen. In addition to Hub Cafe, the Dereel Community Gardening Group will also be meeting from 2 pm to 4 pm. The meeting will focus on an update of the community garden project planning, including discussion of any quotes…
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Lake Wendouree with The Dereel Walking Group
Walk around Lake Wendouree with the Dereel Walking Group on Tuesday 18th July. All welcome for long or short walk and coffee afterwards. The group are meeting at ‘Piper’s on the Lake’ at 9am, and that is also where they will be having coffee. For more information, please contact Lorraine Ellis.
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Colouring at Hub Cafe
“Colouring In” returns to Hub Cafe on Saturday 27th from 2pm to 4pm – everyone welcome. Bring your pencils, pens and other materials and chat. If you draw or do other forms of art, please join in. The Hub Cafe will be operating as normal, so if you just want to call in for a…
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Dereel Wellbeing in May and June
From Lucy Oswin, The May/June edition of the Dereel Wellbeing Newsletter is now available. View it here. Note the Christmas in July event on Tuesday 4th July: more information about this coming soon.
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Hub Cafe on Saturday
The Hub Cafe is on again this Saturday from 2:oo pm to 4:00 pm. We have freshly brewed coffee (long black, latte, cappuccino etc) hot chocolate or chai. Drop in and catch up with friends and neighbours for a chat.
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Dereel Community Gardening
From Kim Stanley – Dereel Community Gardening group. Calling all local gardeners!! All welcome. Don’t forget the meeting this Saturday 20th May from 2:00 pm to -4:00 pm to work out the orchard, vegie patch, garden space and new shed. All ideas are important so come along and let us know what you’d like. It…
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Art In Dereel : Organic Theme
The next Art In Dereel gathering will be on Saturday 3rd June at 1:30 pm. This month’s theme is ‘organic’ so bring something creative to show and tell us about it. It can be your own work or a work by someone else that inspires you in some way. Our process is simple: we…
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Hub Cafe: Coffee and Chat
Hub Cafe is on again tomorrow at the Dereel Community Centre. The Dereel Camera Crew will be out on an excursion, which leaves plenty of time to just sit and chat over coffee, hot chocolate and chai. Drop in any time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm. Everyone welcome.
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Daylesford Autumn Leaves Excursion
by Carol Moyse, This Saturday, the Dereel Camera Crew will be going to Daylesford to visit the Lavender farm. We plan to have afternoon tea and then have a good look around the farm, including a great display of Autumn leaves. If you would like to come with us, meet at the Dereel Community Centre at…
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Free Course Starting Tomorrow
Places remain in the free Building Dereel Community Relationships course run by Centacare. This is a three week program designed specifically for Dereel, being offered for free by Centacare. It is appropriate for anyone involved with, or keen to become involved with community groups, projects and opportunities. Program dates: Tuesday May 2, 9 & 16 from…
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Spring Festival Volunteer Meeting Tonight
As indicated in previous articles and published in the print edition of Dereel Spokes, the fate of the Dereel Spring Festival in 2017 depends on the number of new volunteers who are willing to help organise it. If you can help, please come to a community meeting tonight. The meeting commences at 7:30 pm…
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Hub Cafe Cancelled Saturday 22 April
Unfortunately we cannot run the Hub Cafe on Saturday 22nd April as our volunteers have family commitments. The next Hub Cafe will be on Saturday 29th April from 2 pm to 4 pm. Please come along and support us.
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Show Your Support
DCHI events and projects are run by a small but dedicated team of people. We have so many interesting things we would like to do for the Dereel community, and not enough people to put them in place. Sometimes, keeping our regular activities going is a challenge if our team members have family or work…
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Coffee and Chat: Hub Cafe Today
There are no activities happening today, but the coffee, hot chocolate and chai will be brewing and that leaves a lot of time for chatting! Drop into the Dereel Community Centre any time between 2pm and 4pm. Everyone welcome!
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Updated: HELP NEEDED! Do You Have These Skills?
Update: The post below is from 2017, but we still need help. Right now our needs are very simple: people who want to be involved with the community of Dereel people who can spare an hour here or there to help in any capacity people interested in working out how DCHI can best function for…
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Art In Dereel: What Inspires You?
Local artists and crafters interested in building an active arts community in Dereel, agreed to meet on the third Saturday of the month at the Community Centre. In the first of these gatherings we’ll discuss inspiration. What inspires you? How do you use this inspiration in your work? The discussion starts at 1:30pm on Saturday…
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Seeding Dereel
Are you interested in growing and sharing food? Whether you are inexperienced or have a seasoned green-thumb, we invite you to take part in a project to grow and share food from seed to plate. Each season, seeds that are ready to sow will be made freely available through the Food is Free stall. We…
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Maps of Dereel
Our own Pam Bailey is leading the Maps, Signage and Publications component of the community plan. Last week, Pam invited Golden Plains Shire’s Mick Cosgriff to Dereel to discuss two new maps. The first map is part of Golden Plains Shire map updates, and is not part of the community plan. This map is aimed…
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Dereel People – Doug Braddy
1. How long have you lived in the area and what brought you here? Since 2000. I used to go prospecting with a mate around here so knew the area and said I would buy land if it became available. When something came up I couldn’t believe it had a house on the land given…
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Food is Free Dereel
Have you heard of the Food is Free global project? Perhaps you have seen the stalls at Food is Free Laneway in Ballarat, or Food is Free Smythesdale. Well, it’s coming to town. Food is Free Dereel will be launching on Saturday 11th March around 2pm. The stall will be set up on a bench…
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Open House: The Dereel Men’s Shed
The Dereel Men’s Shed is holding an open house on 25th March 2017 from 11am-3pm at 14 Swamp Road, Dereel We invite you to see what we’ve got; see what we do and see what tool mysteries we can unravel for you. If you don’t know how to change a spark plug, put new blades…
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